"Tank" Says "Hello" in Different Languages
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The document shares how the character "Tank" teaches about saying "hello" in different languages. It provides a table with the word for hello in various languages along with the pronunciation. Tank notes that with some effort to learn greetings in other languages, one can show courtesy when meeting people from other parts of the world. The document promotes cultural understanding and being able to communicate with others in their native tongue.
"Tank" Says "Hello" in Different Languages
- 1. “TANK” Says “Hello” in Different Languages “TANK” shares how to say hello to people from different countries. Author/Activist: Valerie Cheers-Brown Illustrations by: CA
- 2. Language Word Pronunciation English Hello he-loh, huh-, hel-oh
- 3. Language Word Pronunciation ARABIC Al Salaam a’alaykum Ahl sah-LAHM ah ah-LAY-koom ARMENIAN Barev Bar-ev
- 4. BULGARIAN Zdraveite ZZ–DRA–veyt CANTONESE Nei Hou Nay Hoe CHEROKEE Oh-see-YOH
- 5. CROATIAN Bok BOHK CZECH Dobry den DO-bry-den DANISH Goddag Go dah
- 6. DUTCH Hallo Hal-low FRENCH Bonjour Bohn-ZHOOR
- 7. GERMAN Guten Tag GOOT-en-Tahk GREEK Kalimera Kah-lee-MEH-rah
- 8. HAWAIIAN Aloha Ah-LOH-hah HEBREW Shalom Sha-LOHM HINDI Namaste Nah-mah-STAY
- 9. HUNGARIAN Szia ZEE-yah ICELANDIC Hallo Hal-lo
- 10. INDONESIAN Assalamu alai kum Ahl sah-LAHM ah-LAY-koom
- 11. Irish Dia Duit Pronounced: Dee-a-g
- 12. ITALIAN Buon giorno Bwohn JOR-noh
- 13. JAPANESE Konnichiwa Kon – NEE - chee wah It means "Hello" in Japanese, but I can also mean "Good afternoon." (There are other ways to say "Good morning" & "Good night" but I'm pretty sure "Konichiwa" can be used as a sort of catch all phrase for "Hello.") Konnichiwa means Hello or Good afternoon Ohayou means Good morning or you could say Ohayou gozaimasu to make it formal Konbanwa means Good evening Sayonara means Goodbye And Oyasuminasai means Good night あなた 男 おそらく いけない 知っている どのような イム と言って 限り あなた さ 日本 または あなた 知っている ザ 言語 も
- 14. KOREAN Annyong ha shimnikka An-YOH-HAShim-ni-kah LITHUANIAN Labas Lah – bahs
- 15. MANDARIN Ni Hao Knee How MOHAWK Sekoh SHE – goh NAVAJO Ya at eeh YAH-AHT-AY PERSIAN Selam She – lam
- 16. POLISH Czesc Chesht PORTUGESE Oi Oy ROMANIAN Buna ziua BOO – nuh – ZEE – wa
- 17. RUSSIAN Zdraustvuite ZzDRAST – VOYT – yah SERBIAN Zdravo ZDRAD – vo SLOVAK Dobry den Dobree – den
- 18. SPANISH Hola OH – la SWAHILI Jambo JAM – bo SWEDISH God dag Goo dag
- 19. UKRAINIAN Pryvit Pri – veet
- 20. TANK says “With a little thinking and using our brain, we can remember these greetings the next time we meet someone from that country.”
- 22. Just in case he meets people from another land or country, he can say hello.
- 23. Languages of the World (Number of Countries)
- 24. Languages of the World (Speakers)
- 25. How can knowing different languages help us?
- 26. Only by keeping ourselves culturally and mentally robust through variability could we hope to help those in severe situations here and now, and you-know-where-and-when.
- 27. “Tank” the dinosaur lived for helping people and he took the people to a place where they learned how to say hello in many different languages.
- 28. The End